Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation
Chapter 449 - 309: Prawn_2

"Humph, if I'm going to do it, I'll do it. Just because I haven't shown my strength, do you think I'm weak?"

Jiang Ning: "Yes."

Xue Yuantong was so angry she almost ate him. She huffed:

"Just you watch."

Xue Chuchu watched the two bicker and didn't join in, quietly waiting for them to finish.

Geng Lu unexpectedly noticed Xue Chuchu. This girl named Xue Chuchu was super pretty, even prettier than Bai Yuxia from their class.

She seemed a bit cold, an indescribable aloofness, perhaps it could be called distance. This feeling dwindled only when Xue Chuchu looked at Xue Yuantong, like right now, her gaze had warmed up considerably.

'They must be really close,' Geng Lu suddenly thought.

But then, she had good friends too—He Qingtang was her best friend.

"Catch the crayfish, catch the crayfish!" Xue Yuantong continued searching for lobster holes.

Jiang Ning pondered for a while; if they were to have crayfish for lunch, they'd probably need quite a lot.

Xue Yuantong, as a little foodie, goes without saying.

Xue Chuchu might appear serene and cold, but in reality, Jiang Ning had long seen her true nature—she could eat quite a bit too...

And then there was Geng Lu.

Crayfish generally have little meat on them; normally, two people could easily polish off 4 jin (about 2 kilograms) when dining out.

By rough estimates, they would need at least 8 jin this morning.

For ordinary people, this task would be very difficult, hard to achieve.

However, Jiang Ning was a noble cultivator.

His Divine Sense spread like ripples, circles of Divine Power permeating the ground, scanning the vicinity with no blind spot.

Within a hundred meters radius, the grass near the shore, fish in the water, aquatic plants at the bottom, all kinds of creatures were under his control.

Jiang Ning scanned numerous lobster holes.

He stepped toward a small pond: "There are lobsters here."

At the word, Xue Yuantong turned around.

Xue Chuchu observed and suggested: "The mud is fresh, and there's water at the hole's entrance, it's definitely right."

Xue Yuantong put down the water bucket: "It's my turn to show off!"

She bravely squatted by the pond, knelt on one knee by the edge, and reached into the lobster hole, more aggressive than Geng Lu.

Within Jiang Ning's Divine Sense, Xue Yuantong's small hand touched a crayfish, neither of them backing down.

Xue Yuantong grabbed it, and the crayfish moved its pincers to clamp her.

Xue Yuantong felt her fingers clamped by something, and her little face turned white!

"Jiang Ning, Chuchu, I'm done for!"

The crayfish's pincer closed instantly, and it looked like Xue Yuantong's fingers would be injured the next second—Jiang Ning couldn't just stand by and watch this happen.

If her hand got injured, who would cook the crayfish at lunch?

Rely on Xue Chuchu?

She's pretty, but her cooking skills are nowhere near Xue Yuantong's.

Jiang Ning pinched out a Magic Formation, assigning the 'Undamaged' effect to Xue Yuantong.

The crayfish's pincer exerted full force but couldn't harm her at all. However, Xue Yuantong's fear wasn't mitigated; she pulled her hand out quickly during her plea for help, and suddenly a crayfish came out attached to her finger!

"Ouch, oh it hurts, Jiang Ning!" Xue Yuantong shook her hand.

Xue Chuchu clearly saw Xue Yuantong's two fingers clamped by the crayfish's two pincers.

"Ahem." For some reason, Geng Lu found this scene hilarious.

Xue Chuchu quickly went over: "Tongtong, don't shake it. The more you shake, the tighter it will clamp!"

Xue Yuantong immediately stopped shaking; she was so scared she almost cried. She hadn't provoked the crayfish, yet it clamped her; how unreasonable.

Once she stopped moving, Xue Chuchu helped her remove the crayfish. She grabbed the crayfish's pincers, forcefully separated them—after all, a crayfish's strength was far inferior to human's.

She then adjusted the other pincer and asked concernedly, "Does it hurt a lot?"

Xue Yuantong instinctively said, "It hurts."

"No, wait, it doesn't hurt at all!"

Mud was stuck to her fingers; Xue Chuchu carefully cleaned Xue Yuantong's fingers. As the mud washed away, the spots that were clamped by the crayfish's pincers were still smooth as before, seemingly uninjured.

Xue Chuchu was perplexed, her eyes inquiring:

"You said it hurt a lot, why did you scream so loudly?"

Xue Yuantong looked at Jiang Ning, then at Geng Lu. She wished she could dive into the pond from embarrassment!

However, with Xue Yuantong's wit, she quickly thought of an excuse:

"It was heartache."

She said solemnly, her little face stern: "This crayfish is quite special."

Jiang Ning: "No need to explain, I understand."

Xue Yuantong really wanted to ask him, what do you understand?

But she dropped it, happy to move past the subject.

Xue Yuantong checked the crayfish she had caught, feeling a surge of pride—it was all her own effort!

They continued catching crayfish.

With Jiang Ning's Divine Sense assisting, and Xue Chuchu giving judgements, adding a boost of courage.

The process of catching crayfish went swiftly, and the continuous catch fueled their motivation—the more crayfish they got, the more there were for lunch!

Xue Yuantong used her endless energy; her shirt was stained with mud, delicate little face likewise splashed with some, but she didn't care at all. Her mind was only on catching crayfish, catching crayfish!

Geng Lu saw Xue Yuantong's buckets full, and took her chance to catch two, utterly excited.

The bucket for crayfish was handed to Jiang Ning, since he didn't need to use his hands.

The bucket was crowded with layers of crayfish. Jiang Ning worried they might die prematurely, affecting their taste, so he specifically infused some Wood Spiritual Energy to preserve their vitality.

Along the way, Xue Yuantong found another lobster hole, her confidence soaring.

Xue Chuchu quickly stopped her: "This crayfish hole has fresh mud around it, but if you look closely, the surrounding area is too dry."